Leslie Tuomi
Development Director @Chamber Music Northwest
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WORK HISTORY
Development Director @Chamber Music Northwest
Portland, OR, US
Head of fundraising, including major gifts, annual fund, planned giving, foundation/government grants, sponsorship and events for Chamber Music Northwest, promoting our mission to inspire listeners through concerts celebrating the richness and diversity of chamber music, performed by artists of the highest caliber.
EDUCATION
Lewis and Clark College
B.A. magna cum laude
ABOUT LESLIE TUOMI
Senior nonprofit executive with a reputation for integrity, fundraising by building and stewarding lasting donor relations, and motivating staff to work together as a team to exceed goals. Successful in all aspects of fundraising, including:* Major gifts * Annual fund * Foundation * Corporate * Government * Grant writing and management * Capital campaigns * Planned giving * EndowmentExcellent written and oral communication skills, strategic planning, budget and fiscal management, public relations and organizational skills.Leadership * Inspired diverse boards of directors and volunteers to actively participate in fundraising.* Built and motivated high-performing staff teams at each place of employment.* Led long-range planning process, incorporating high level of stakeholder involvement; created benchmarks, timelines and tracked metrics to measure success.* Experienced chief financial officer; developed, analyzed, tracked metrics and reported on budgets.Fundraising * Raised over $50 million for not for profit organizations in the past ten years.* Increased non-governmental fundraising by 17% in each of the past two years.* Created and managed Annual Fund, Major Individual, Corporate, Government, Foundation, Special Project, Capital, Endowment and Planned Giving fundraising campaigns.* Researched, identified and qualified prospective donors and created individual strategies that led to securing major gifts.* Created stewardship programs to build and maintain donor loyalty.Communications * Edited and produced newsletters, annual reports, brochures, program guides, website and social media.* Engaging public speaker: chief spokesperson for public agency.* Presenter for Rotary, United Way, OR Women in Communications, Lane County, Philanthropy NW, Portland State University.
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